I happened to receive a WhatsApp message a few days ago informing that there is a government of India initiative to provide digital locker facility to all the citizens of India so that they could safely store their educational and work related certificates in digital form online.
However my instincts warned me to check the veracity of the link sent before I recommend it to others. As I checked it I found that the information was not only true but is also very useful. And so here is my attempt to provide the information in a nutshell to all the followers of this blog.
1. You can now scan your documents and store them electronically in a safe digital locker which is offered by the Government of India.
2. You will be provided with a username and password so that all your certificates are well protected and secured.
3. Now, you no longer have to submit photostat copies of the certificates to any agency while applying for a job or whatever. You could simply give them a link to access your certificates online.
4. This is a very good environment friendly initiative as it would considerably reduce unwelcome use of papers for photocopying. You see, for a single post lets assume there are about 50 applicants. All these applicants in the present setup have to attached photocopies of all their relevant documents to their applications, whereas only one candidate will be selected and so only his certificates will finally be relevant.
However unfortunately all the fifty candidates toil to make photocopies of their documents and everybody on a average attaches 50-100 photocopies. this is a blatant wastage of resources and misuse of environment.
But for you to make use of this facility you need to authenticate yourself either with a biometric device or your Adhar card needs to be associated with your mobile number. I found the second option easier and so got my Adhar card associated with my mobile number. Now all my certificates have a secured and meaningful place in the virtual world.
The link you can use is www.digilocker.gov.in.
Let us make use of the above facility and become less burdensome on the environment!!
Kanchi
However my instincts warned me to check the veracity of the link sent before I recommend it to others. As I checked it I found that the information was not only true but is also very useful. And so here is my attempt to provide the information in a nutshell to all the followers of this blog.
1. You can now scan your documents and store them electronically in a safe digital locker which is offered by the Government of India.
2. You will be provided with a username and password so that all your certificates are well protected and secured.
3. Now, you no longer have to submit photostat copies of the certificates to any agency while applying for a job or whatever. You could simply give them a link to access your certificates online.
4. This is a very good environment friendly initiative as it would considerably reduce unwelcome use of papers for photocopying. You see, for a single post lets assume there are about 50 applicants. All these applicants in the present setup have to attached photocopies of all their relevant documents to their applications, whereas only one candidate will be selected and so only his certificates will finally be relevant.
However unfortunately all the fifty candidates toil to make photocopies of their documents and everybody on a average attaches 50-100 photocopies. this is a blatant wastage of resources and misuse of environment.
But for you to make use of this facility you need to authenticate yourself either with a biometric device or your Adhar card needs to be associated with your mobile number. I found the second option easier and so got my Adhar card associated with my mobile number. Now all my certificates have a secured and meaningful place in the virtual world.
The link you can use is www.digilocker.gov.in.
Let us make use of the above facility and become less burdensome on the environment!!
Kanchi
